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83rd OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2025 Regular Session
House Bill 2603
Introduced and printed pursuant to House Rule 12.00. Presession filed (at the request of House Interim Committee
on Judiciary for Representative Jason Kropf)
SUMMARY
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject
to consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor’s brief statement of the essential features of the
measure as introduced.The statement includes a measure digest written in compliance with applicable readability
standards.
Digest: The Act directs OJD to study ways to improve the process for setting aside convictions.
(Flesch Readability Score:61.8).
Requires the Judicial Department to study ways to improve the efficiency of the process for
setting aside convictions. Directs the department to submit findings to the interim committees of the
Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary not later than September 15, 2026.
Sunsets on January 2, 2027.
A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to expungements.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. The Judicial Department shall study ways to improve the efficiency of the
process for setting aside convictions. The department shall submit a report in the manner
provided by ORS 192.245, and may include recommendations for legislation, to the interim
committees of the Legislative Assembly related to the judiciary no later than September 15,
2026.
SECTION 2.Section 1 of this 2025 Act is repealed on January 2, 2027.
NOTE:Matter in boldfaced type in an amended section is new; matter [italic and bracketed] is existing law to be omitted.
New sections are in boldfaced type.
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